［2025] Within a 10-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station, Kyoto! 27 Recommended Lunch Places in Kyoto

Leaf KYOTO ［2025] Within a 10-minute walk from Kyoto Kawaramachi Station! 27 recommended lunches

2025.7.12

［2025] Within a 10-minute walk from Kyoto Kawaramachi Station! 27 recommended lunches

From Kyoto's typical Japanese set menus to Western cuisine loved by men and women of all ages to international gourmet food, we introduce 27 recommended lunch restaurants in the Kawaramachi area. Enjoy your lunch time in the vicinity of Kawaramachi and Gion-Shijo Stations, which have easy access to various train lines.

Contents of this article

1.: Enjoy a healthy bamboo steamer lunch packed with seasonal ingredients at [Fujitora]

2.: [Minced meat and rice Kyoto] hamburg steak that you want to chew on the rice

3.: Voluminous yet healthy! Burrito & Taco Shop [SIESTA]

4.: A new type of sushi roll specialty restaurant in Gion [gion Ippo]

5.: Overpriced! ［Pork Kakuni Set Meal with Sashimi at Setsu

6.: Charcoal-grilled eel and rice topped with eel, a masterpiece of craftsmanship at Gion Eel Kawafuji.

7.: Duck hittomabushi at Gion Duck Rice, where you can taste the moist and tender flavor of duck.

8.: [Cafe Madrag Fujii Daimaru] Have a kid's lunch that even adults can enjoy

9.: At [Gion Soymilk Ramen Unoyukiko], enjoy healthy ramen that does not use animal ingredients or wheat.

10.: Grilled [Salad Shop Sancho Kawaramachi Main Store] where you can eat plenty of vegetables

11.: White omelet rice of [Shokudo Days] that is both beautiful and delicious

12.: Seasonal kaiseki cuisine at Gion Yamakishi, which is particular about its soup stock and ingredients.

13.: Feel the direct flavor of the meat in the "Meat & Western Cuisine Ootake's" Arabiki hamburger steak.

14.: A famous hamburger steak at Nagago, a Western-style restaurant that appears at the end of an alley.

15.: Kyoto Kamo Soba Tada's gorgeous tsuke-soba dishes are also noteworthy in their presentation.

16.: Gourmet Ochazuke Gozen at MATAKICHI to be savored with care

17.: Hitsumabushi set of [Kyoto Yakiniku Shin Pontocho] where you can taste selected Omi beef

18.: [Hahaha] soup set meal where you can meet new Korean cuisine

19.: ［Steak House Hanamoto offers authentic steaks and rice bowls prepared by Ginza's best chefs.

20.: Japanese restaurant [Ri KOTOWARI] popular for greedy 3-kind rice bowl plate lunch

21.: Nostalgic taste of stand-up soba noodles at a soba restaurant with no signboard [Suba]

22.: SPICE GATE's richly spiced curry topped with fresh gibier.

23.: The meat mabushi of "Meat Magyo Kyoto Gyukoh Kawaramachi" can be enjoyed in a variety of ways.

24.: Y's BURGER's hamburger with special demi-glace sauce

25.: Kinshi-don with dashimaki protruding from the long-established eel restaurant [Kyogoku Kaneyo]

26.: A masterpiece of [Motoi Gyoza] with the essence of French cuisine

27.: Pad Thai from a Thai restaurant [Channoi Kayu Koji] provided by a local chef

21. Nostalgic taste of stand-up soba noodles at a soba restaurant with no signboard [Suba]

［This stand-up noodle restaurant is owned by the owner of popular restaurants such as "Charcoal Grilled Chicken Soliles" and "Sour," a chu-hai stand. In a minimalist space with no signage, you can enjoy Suba's original nihachi-soba and Kansai-flavored soup. The summer cold dish made with aromatic microleaf and ripe tomatoes from Herber's Farm in Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture, is perfect for a hot day.

Cold Dashi with Ripe Tomato Microleaf: 1,300 yen. A bowl of cold broth combined with tomato paste, cottage cheese, black pepper and olive oil.

suba

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Shimogyo Ward
5 minutes walk from Exit 5 of "Kiyomizu Gojo Station" of Keihan
8 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 1B
Tel.075-708-5623
12:00-23:00 (LO/22:30)
https://www.instagram.com/subasoba/

22. SPICE GATE's richly spiced curry topped with fresh gibier.

This is a sister restaurant of INDIA GATE, a biryani specialty restaurant in Shijo-Karasuma. For lunch, they serve a rich curry topped with fresh venison cutlets and steaks, which are caught and carefully prepared by staff with hunting licenses. The power of gibier and spices will recharge your batteries for the afternoon.

Kyoto Kyohoku deer momo katsu (pork cutlet) curry, 1980 yen. The roux, which is inspired by the sauce to go with the cutlet, tastes somewhere between European-style curry and spiced curry.

SPICE GATE

spice gate
2F Teramachi Shikisai Building, 546 Teramachi Dori Bukouji Sagaru Emisuno-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
4 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 10
Tel.075-741-7554
11:30 - 21:00 (LO)
https://www.instagram.com/kyotospicegate/

23. The meat mabushi of "Meat Magyo Kyoto Gyukoh Kawaramachi" can be enjoyed in a variety of ways.

This restaurant specializing in beef dishes is run by a couple from the meat wholesale business. The restaurant has a reputation for serving high quality beef carefully selected by the owner, who knows all about meat, at a reasonable price. The popular meat mabushi is especially popular with repeat customers, who enjoy it in their own way, with condiments such as shiso leaves and wasabi (Japanese horseradish), or in a chazuke style (rice with tea leaves and wasabi).

Niku Magistrate Kyoto Ushimitsu Kawaramachi store's meat glazed

Meat mabushi for 1,298 yen (Japanese black beef for 2,948 yen), where you can enjoy red meat. Delicious balance of carefully selected red meat and homemade sauce.

Niku Bukyo Kyoto Gyukoh Kawaramachi Branch

Meat Business Today, Kawaramachi Branch
Kabukiya Building, 297-2 Narayacho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
3 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 3B
Tel.075-256-2107
11:30-15:30 (LO/15:00)
https://www.ushimitsu.net/

24. Y's BURGER's hamburger with special demi-glace sauce

The 2nd store of the popular western restaurant [Grill Demi] has opened as a hamburger specialty store. The hamburger sandwiched between 100% beef patties, which is a blend of coarsely ground and finely ground wagyu beef, is meaty and filling. A dream combination of western food and burger with special demi-glace sauce and cheddar cheese.

Y's BURGER COMBO 1480 yen. Fluffy homemade bun with 110g of beef 100% patties. French fries and drink included.

Y's BURGER

Wise Burger
Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nakagyo Ward, Shinkyogoku Street, Shijo Agaru, Higashiiriru, Nakanomachi 565-7
1 minute walk from Exit 6 of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station".
Tel.075-254-8810
Lunch 11:00-15:00 (LO)
https://www.ys-burger.com/

25. Kinshi-don with dashimaki protruding from the long-established eel restaurant [Kyogoku Kaneyo]

[Kyogoku Kaneyo] is a long-established eel restaurant that has watched over the townspeople of Kyoto for more than 100 years, with its pleasant fragrance drifting along Rokkaku-dori. You can't miss the "Kinshi-don", which is an elegant Kyoto-style roll with kombu seaweed that goes perfectly with the rich umami of eel. Enjoy the change in taste with oisare sauce and Japanese pepper.

In-store dining and takeout are both available on Doyou-no-Ushi (day of the Ox) *Reservations not accepted
Saturday, July 19: open all day from 11:30 to 20:30 (LO/20:00) *Close when sold out

Kinshi-don (ordinary) 3,000 yen. A simple yet powerful combination of Kyoto-style dashimaki and Edoyaki eel.

Kaneyo Kyogoku

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Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo Ward
7 minutes walk from Exit 9 of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station".
Tel.075-221-0669
Lunch 11:30-15:30 (LO/15:00)
https://kyogoku-kaneyo.co.jp/

The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
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